Bosnia

NATO foreign ministers gave Bosnia-Herzegovina the green light to take a major step forward on its path toward joining the world's biggest military alliance, albeit the Bosnian Serb objections to membership. Meeting in Brussels on December 5, the ministers invited Bosnia to submit its first annual national program of political, economic, and defense reforms aimed at bringing aspiring countries into line with the Atlantic alliance's standards.

A pro-Russia Serbian nationalist leader Milorad Dodik has claimed victory with 55 percent of votes over moderate incumbent Mladen Ivanic to take the Serbs' seat at the tripartite presidency, according to preliminary results from Bosnia's Election Commission. The victory for Milorad Dodik, who is considered a close ally of Russia’s president Vladimir Putin, could result in exacerbating ethnic rivalries in the Balkan nation and stalling country’s bid for membership in the EU.

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